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Defence GK Questions 2026

Static GK carries most of the General Knowledge marks in the defence exams, and science carries the largest share of it. In NDA & NA, Physics, Chemistry and General Science are about half of the 400 marks of Part B, and History, the freedom movement and Geography are about 20% each, as per the notice. In the CDS (II) 2026 General Knowledge paper, GK24 counted about 37 science questions, about 20 each on Polity and History, about 15 on Geography and environment and about 10 on the Economy; this count is guidance, not an official break-up. The Army's Agniveer CEE gives 15 of its 50 General Duty questions to General Knowledge and 15 to General Science, which covers cells, the human body, plants and animals and common epidemics. Its GK list names history, culture and geography of India and its neighbours, the Constitution, inventions and discoveries, books and authors, and the Indian Armed Forces. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes and GK questions tagged for NDA, CDS and Agniveer, in English and Hindi: General Science, Indian History, Art and Culture, Indian Polity, Geography, Indian Economy and Static GK. Read one topic at a sitting, then solve its questions and the previous-year questions of your exam to see what stayed with you.

Defence GK Questions with Answers

Q1801.Indian EconomyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATEasy

Surge pricing takes place when a service provider

  1. A.raises the price of its product or service as demand outstrips supply
  2. B.follows preset prices immune to demand and supply dynamics
  3. C.fixes a minimum price for its services
  4. D.fixes an average price on the basis of transactions carried over a day
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Correct answer: A. raises the price of its product or service as demand outstrips supply

Surge pricing is a form of dynamic pricing in which the price moves up when demand rises faster than the available supply.

Q1803.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATMedium

Who among the following had the shortest span in office as the Prime Minister of India?

  1. A.Lal Bahadur Shastri
  2. B.Chaudhary Charan Singh
  3. C.Chandra Shekhar
  4. D.H. D. Deve Gowda
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Correct answer: B. Chaudhary Charan Singh

Among the four, Charan Singh held office for the shortest time, about 170 days. He became Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 after the Janata government of Morarji Desai fell, but resigned on 20 August 1979 without ever facing Parliament, when the Congress withdrew its support.

Q1805.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATMedium

Which of the following statements regarding humidity is/are correct?

1. It is a ratio between the actual amount of water vapour present in the atmosphere and the maximum amount it can hold at a given temperature.

2. When the relative humidity is high, more water evaporates from the skin.

3. Higher the air temperature lower the relative humidity of the air.

Select the answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 3 only

Relative humidity compares the moisture in the air with what the air could hold, and that capacity rises with temperature.

Q1808.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

Consider the following statements about temperature inversion:

I. This happens when normal lapse rate gets inverted.

II. Winter nights with cloudy skies are conducive for temperature inversion.

III. Polar areas experience inversion throughout the year.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A.I and II only
  2. B.II and III only
  3. C.I and III only
  4. D.I, II and III
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Correct answer: C. I and III only

Temperature inversion needs rapid cooling of the ground, which happens under clear skies, not cloudy ones. Statement I is correct: normally temperature falls with height, but during an inversion a layer of warmer air lies above cooler air near the ground, so the normal lapse rate is reversed.

Q1812.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2023, GATMedium

Which of the following statements about Suez Canal is/are correct?

1. Suez is a man-made navigation canal

2. Suez links Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

3. The economic significance of Suez Canal is less than that of Panama Canal

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.1 and 2 only
  3. C.2 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: B. 1 and 2 only

The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway joining two seas, and it is the busier and more important of the two great canals.

Q1813.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATMedium

Which of the following statements regarding air temperature is/are correct?

1. Air temperature is measured at a standard height of 1.2 m (4.0 feet) above the ground surface.

2. The average rate of temperature decrease with height is termed as the environmental temperature lapse rate.

Select the answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

Both statements describe standard facts about how air temperature is measured and how it changes with height.

Q1817.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Who among the following was the Chairman of the National Commission for Review of the Working of the Constitution (2000)?

  1. A.Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah
  2. B.Justice J.S. Verma
  3. C.Justice Ranganath Mishra
  4. D.Justice Y.K. Sabharwal
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Correct answer: A. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah

Venkatachaliah. The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution was set up by the Union government in February 2000 under Justice M.N.

Q1818.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKEasy

Fat in human body is stored in

  1. A.Adipose tissue
  2. B.Red blood cells
  3. C.Muscle tissue
  4. D.Epithelial tissue
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Correct answer: A. Adipose tissue

Adipose tissue is a loose connective tissue whose cells, called adipocytes, are built to store fat. Each cell holds a large droplet of fat that pushes the nucleus and cytoplasm to one side.

Q1819.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree, is the first book originally written in any Indian language to win the International Booker Prize.

2. Tomb of Sand is the first novel translated from Hindi to be given the International Booker Prize.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

'Tomb of Sand' won the International Booker Prize in 2022, and that win was a first on both counts. The novel was written in Hindi by Geetanjali Shree as 'Ret Samadhi' (2018) and translated into English by the American translator Daisy Rockwell, who shared the prize money with her.

Q1820.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Which of the following statements about the International Court of Justice is/are correct?

1. The Court consists of members, wherein two members cannot be nationals of the same State.

2. The General Assembly and the Security Council proceed independently of one another to elect the members of the Court.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

Both statements repeat the Statute of the International Court of Justice. The Court, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, sits at the Peace Palace in The Hague and has fifteen judges elected for nine-year terms, with one-third of the seats falling vacant every three years.

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